Where are the resources flowing to?

Ray Rodriguez
Where are the resources flowing to?

By turning back our actions as show in “The Skill of Ecological Perception” by Laura Sewall, makes modern day life seem like a “psychological” mistake. The reasoning for this mistake is if we were to stop using technology and live life as our first generation ancestors did, we can slowly gain the dear resources we always log for. Theirs only one problem, in a world so focused on someone being better than others it’s either not going to work or it’s going to take too long to succeed as a goal. “Although this process may challenge our culturally constructed reality…may be the essence of creating a mutually respectful relationship between ourselves and the nonhuman world” shows that this mental “psychology” will bring us one step closer to living at peace with ourselves (us humans) and the animals around us (Sewall 209). The aesthetic view on life is also evident because in order to be considered “beautiful” in the modern world you need to have a form of artificial glamour or accessory to help deliver your beauty (Sewall 209). On the other hand in Aric McBay’s “Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life after Gridcrash” states that even though we can use some resources they have to be limited in order for use to avoid nuclear wars and further destruction of the world. The use of other alternatives like collecting “rain water” are methods used in some less industrialized countries like my native country of Dominican Republic (McBay 9). Even though the fresh water supply is limited the ways to filter out water are numerous and it is a possibility that industrialized countries will adapt. The outcome of war as a possibility for the control of resources makes it difficult to stop using and modernizing/industrializing this planet. Finally, the topic of all countries agreeing is very limited because of different customs and tradition like how some countries in order to survive economically have to sell oil to other countries and need to use fresh water port frequently because of demand from the people with in the country. Eventually everyone will realize the global issue of global warming and try to help but the damage has been done with all the emissions making it difficult to go back and “fix” human kind’s problem.

Work Cited:

McBay, Aric. Peak Oil Survival Preparation for Life after Gridcrash. New York: The Lyons, 2006. Print.

Sewall, Laura. The Skill of Ecological Perception. 201-15. Print.